chris manon who served as political director for high-priority usa, the super pac. and amy titanium is a g.o.p. strategist and served as a chairwoman for the nevada g.o.p. she will join us and just a minute. they are working on her shot. happy things giving to both of you. why are democrats pushing, the democrats pushing to end cash bail in the wake of what happened so tragically in waukesha? sure. one of the things that happen, is there are 3 out of 5 people that are sitting in jail right now are in jail only because they cannot afford the cash bail system to be released on pretrial. and so, that is one of the things that democrats are really working hard to reform. we really need to make sure that everyone is in jail deserves to be there. but the folks that don t deserve to be there, should be out, waiting on the trial to start. and not just sitting in jail taking up space. griff: as you can see on
little boy. jackson sparks was marching with his little league team. members of the community remembering him as a sweet and talented boy with a contagious smile. bail set at $5 million for the suspect, leaving many furious about why he is offered it at all. now the bail policies are back in the spotlight, kamala harris track record coming under scrutiny. harris has defended the cash bail system as a prosecutor in florida. dagen, i want to start with you on the bail issue. a lot of money. there is no expectation that darrell brooks, the suspect, will be able to raise it. do you object that there be any bail set? dagen: he shouldn t have any bail set but he shouldn t be on the streets. dana quoted the milwaukee district attorney from back in 2007, john chisholm, yesterday, saying what was the quote?
cannot. right. so to your point, violent offenses, there are studies, recent studies that show there are no direct links between ending the use of cash bail or bail reform with the increase of violent crimes. we know that in certain jurisdictions, they ve had bail reform for many years, long before we ve had this recent rise. it s due to the pandemic. we also know that in jurisdictions where they do have bail reform, they have been talking about minor offenses and not the serious felonies we re talking about. definitely want to reiterate what states attorney mosby is talking about. when you get folks out of jail it reduces crime all around. you ladies are great. we are penalizing the poor through cash bail systems. really quickly, marilyn, we re out of time, i just want to ask your opinion on the cash bail system before we go. i think you hit the nail on the head. i think that cash bail is just the criminalization of poverty. my prosecutors are instructed to never request cash
outraged by what it really illustrates about how we use our cash bail system and about the ongoing effort to restrict voting rights. we received a call from the aclu from mr. rogers lawyers and our team sprung into action. we travelled to the jail. we paid mr. rogers bail and then we waited for hours until he was finally released and drove him home where he was greeted by his family. i spoke to him on saturday night when he was release and he was exhausted and traumatized by what happened and utterly confused because he thought he had the right to vote and did not realize a conviction from 25 years, a quarter of a century earlier would have restricted his right to vote. he was lerelieved so many peopl was in his corner. we need to be clear about something. if this had been me and i m mr. rogers age or someone who looked like me, the texas attorney general would have not brought
charges. there would not have been an arrest and nobody would have set a $100,000 cash bail and use a cash bail system to not only hold him in jail cell or attempt to do so but send a message of fear. what does that mean? you mean that all this is happening because he s black? i m saying that i believe that had he been white, he would not have been arrested, charged or cash bail would have been set. what we know about our criminal legal system and the way our cash bail system operates is it has historically targeted communities of color and low income communities particularly black communities and that in this case, it is being used to send a message to black and brown communities across this country to stay home and not vote. you use this as an example of restrictive laws and why they must be blocked. others who say this is why we need to invest in election integrity. someone who should not be voting voted twice. i understand it was both in the general election in 2018 and the